GoodFellas - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[ruby]

The house where Tommy was killed is located at 80th Street and Shore Road, in the Bay Ridge area of Brooklyn, New York. The interior was re-created on a soundstage after the scenes shot on-location were deemed unacceptable.

[kristina]

Robert De Niro gets top billing, despite the fact that Ray Liotta is the film's narrator and main character.

[cassandra]

The cast didn't meet Henry Hill until a few weeks before the film premiered. Ray Liotta met him in an undisclosed city. Hill had seen the film, and told the actor that he loved it.

[ivan]

Ellen Barkin was considered for the role of Karen Hill.

[willard]

Filming began Monday, May 1,1989.

[scarlett]

The film shows Karen Hill visiting Henry Hill in the prison visitor area. In reality, Karen visited Henry numerous times on the outskirts of the prison grounds. Henry worked as a farm hand on the grounds. They even had a picnic together one night, where she brought him rare meats and wine.

[addison]

Tuddy walked with a limp because of a prosthetic leg. He lost the real one in the Korean War.